Kucuksu Pavilion was
built by Sultan Abdulmecit
in the mid-19th century at
the location known as
Bagce-i Goksu along the
Bosphorus Strait, near
the
Anatolian Fortress on
the Asian side. The pavilion
was finished in 1857 by the
imperial architect Nikogos
Balyan. It sits on three
floors including the
basement where there were
kitchens and storage
rooms. Kucuksu was used as a
hunting lodge or a resting
place by several
sultans and restored by
Sultan Abdulaziz surviving
until our days. The building
has a European style in its
architecture, rooms and
halls are decorated with
exquisite fire places made
of Italian marble, fine wood
parquet floor, European
furniture, crystal
chandeliers and mirrors with
sultans'
Tugra,
Herekecarpets, paintings etc.

Kucuksu Kasri was used as
a state guest house for some
time during the Republic
period and than opened to
the public as a museum.
There is a small cafeteria
in the Pavilion grounds
where you can sit and enjoy
ships passing while sipping
your
Turkish tea or
Turkish coffee.